Donald Trump to be sentenced today over porn star hush money after Supreme Court rejects appeal

The US Supreme Court has rejected a last-ditch effort by Donald Trump to hold sentencing successful the Stormy Daniels hush wealth case.

The president-elect was convicted connected 34 counts past May successful New York of falsifying concern records relating to payments made to Ms Daniels earlier the 2016 statesmanlike election.

Prosecutors claimed helium had paid her $130,000 (£105,300) successful hush wealth to not uncover details of what Ms Daniels said was a intersexual narration successful 2006.

Mr Trump has denied immoderate liaison with Ms Daniels oregon immoderate wrongdoing.

By a majority, the Supreme Court recovered his sentencing would not beryllium an insurmountable load during the statesmanlike modulation since the presiding judge, Juan M Merchan, has indicated helium volition not springiness Mr Trump jailhouse time, fines oregon probation.

Mr Trump's attorneys argued that grounds utilized successful the Manhattan proceedings violated past summer's Supreme Court ruling giving Mr Trump wide immunity from prosecution implicit acts helium took arsenic president.

At the least, they said, the sentencing should beryllium delayed portion their appeals play retired to debar distracting Mr Trump during the statesmanlike transition.

A usher to everything that volition hap connected 20 January

Mr Trump's attorneys went to the justices aft New York courts refused to postpone sentencing.

Judges successful New York recovered that the convictions related to idiosyncratic matters alternatively than Mr Trump's authoritative acts arsenic president.

Mr Trump's attorneys called the lawsuit politically motivated, and they said sentencing him present would beryllium a "grave injustice" that threatens to disrupt the statesmanlike modulation arsenic the Republican prepares to instrumentality to the White House.

Mr Trump has said helium volition entreaty again: "I respect the court's sentiment - I deliberation it was really a precise bully sentiment for america due to the fact that you saw what they said, but they invited the entreaty and the entreaty is connected the bigger issue. So, we'll spot however it works out," helium said astatine a meal with Republican governors astatine his backstage nine successful Florida.

Because the New York lawsuit was a state, alternatively than national crime, Mr Trump volition not beryllium capable to pardon himself erstwhile helium takes bureau connected 20 January.